Demon Slayer: Muzan, will you dance too?

Two weeks later, their peaceful and uneventful life was shattered.

Headquarters,

"Has your injury healed? Your breathing is barely audible, I really can't tell."

Bathed in sunlight, Kagaya Ubuyashiki's voice remained gentle, giving off a calm and unhurried feeling.

"You've fully recovered. Is there any mission?"

Kiyokawa Izumi raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but ask.

There are two things.

The lord smiled and said, "The first thing is that there is a powerful evil spirit that you need to deal with; it may be one of the Twelve Demon Moons."

"?"

Kiyokawa Izumi couldn't help but blink, wanting to ask, "Do you have some misunderstanding about my strength?"

Me, go fight the Twelve Demon Moons?

Are you serious?

I haven't improved much lately; the Twelve Demon Moons could probably beat me!

His swordsmanship level remained unchanged, and he was unable to practice breathing techniques due to his injuries. He also had no clue how to develop the Fourth Form sword technique.

My strength has barely improved, and you expect me to fight the Twelve Demon Moons?

My ability to kill Lower Moon Six was partly due to luck!

"Is it the upper moon?"

Kiyokawa Izumi asked cautiously.

"It's more likely to be the lower moon; you can have Shinobu assist you."

"Can we switch to Mr. Yiyong?"

Qingchuan Quan whispered.

I really didn't mean to gossip about Shinobu Kocho behind her back.

The main reason is that I can cooperate better with my senior brother Yiyong.

"The volunteers have other tasks as well."

"Understood, I'll inform Shinobu Kocho later."

"The second thing, how are the team members who trained at the Butterfly Mansion performing?"

Seemingly surprised that Kagaya Ubuyashiki would care about this matter, Kiyokawa Izumi's expression was somewhat complicated. After a moment of silence, she asked quietly.

"If I may ask, were these team members selected at the same time?"

"Many of them were in the same class as Yiyong."

Kagaya Ubuyashiki didn't hide anything and said with a smile.

"..."

I felt something was off when I saw Murata.

I never expected this, I really am in the same year as Sabito!

Yiyong probably didn't even recognize him; he's such a goofball.

The case is finally solved!

It's no wonder that this group of people is quite average; Murata is considered to have performed well among this group of players.

So it turns out I'm from the same year as Sabito!

A small portion are low-level newbies, and the majority are carried by experienced players. So, what kind of quality can you expect?

"They... they've tried their best, haven't they?"

After struggling for a long time, all I could say was this one sentence.

Speechless.

Speechless.

Are you very dissatisfied with this group of players?

Kagaya Ubuyashiki's tone remained gentle.

"It's not that satisfying. Some team members haven't made up their minds. All they're thinking about is killing evil spirits and making some money."

Others have limited talent and have wasted too much time; after only half a month of training, their improvement is not significant.

Kiyokawa Izumi said helplessly.

Indeed, many were attracted by the high rewards offered by the Demon Slayer Corps.

Their idea was to kill some weak evil spirits to make some money.

"In this light, it is indeed necessary to change the existing selection methods."

"Exactly! If we use the old selection method again, with the Hand Demon already defeated by me, wouldn't the swordsmen from Tanjiro and Kanao's cohorts just get an easy win?"

"Izumi, go carry out your mission first. Be careful on the road, and give my regards to Shinobu."

"clear!"

Kiyokawa Izumi turned and left, desperately trying to remember—which evil spirit would she encounter?

Dry!

This part isn't in the original work!

……

Shinobu Kocho, who had also received the message, looked at Izumi Kiyokawa, who had just returned to the Butterfly Mansion, with a smile.

"This should be our first mission together, right?"

"What do you mean? Shall we set off now, or should we make some preparations?"

Kiyokawa Izumi decided to respect the senior's opinion.

"Then let's set off now!"

"Can!"

Kiyoshi Izumi slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, feeling both anticipation and nervousness.

In the past two weeks, I've had quite a few exchanges with Senior Brother Yiyong.

But the improvement is indeed not significant.

Levels four and five are like a watershed, separating ordinary people from the pillars.

It's as if it's silently telling us that not all swordsmen are qualified to enter this field.

Geniuses and mediocre people will be separated here.

Kiyokawa Izumi, who quickly mastered the art by imitation, touched the edge of this realm in a very short time.

But the road ahead cannot be rushed, and there are no shortcuts.

Either you go through life-or-death battles, where the winner lives and the loser dies, constantly teetering on the edge of death, and as long as you don't die, you can always improve.

Alternatively, one can continuously accumulate and refine their knowledge, gradually smoothing out the bottleneck like polishing a terrazzo, thereby transcending this level.

Kiyokawa Izumi, who was still able to keep his composure, began to desperately recall the original Lower Moon's abilities and characteristics.

You never know when you might encounter it.

Perhaps, this is the opportunity.

……

Two days later,

Looking at the evil spirit before him, Kiyokawa Izumi fell silent.

Its pupils were not engraved with numbers, and the aura it emitted was not strong, far less powerful than the Lower Six that it had encountered before.

He's not even half as good as that one.

That's why he remained silent.

Two pillars, having traveled a long way, only to encounter an ordinary evil spirit... Isn't this information a bit too outrageous?